Combined book holder and marker



Nov. 22, 1932. r Y A. RUELLAND 1,888,773

COMBINED BOOK HOLDER AND MARKER Filed March 21, 1929 INVENTOR Z MJ Y Patented Nov. 22, 1932.

UNITED TATES ALBERTINE RUELLAND, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

oomnrunn Book rioLnn'R AND MA KER Application filed March 21, 1929." Serial No. M8378.

My invention relates to a device for holding andsupporting books, newspapers and similar articles in which-laterally extending means, permanently connected with the device, are provided for engagingrandholding flat the pages of the article when in use or on display as in a shop window. These means are freely releasable so as to easilydisengage and engage the pages as they are turned. In

particular, the invention relates to a device provided with angularly adj ustableisupporting means permitting it tobe used as a pa e a marker when the article, for-example a boolr,

isinuse. a

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a device of firm but light construction which may beused for holding and supporting articles and for holding the pages I flat when the article is in use or on display in a shop window, and which is provided with angularly adjustable supporting meanspermitting the device to be used as a pagemarker when the article is not in use. q

Another object is to provide a'combined 4 book holder and page marker-with vertically and separately adjustable means so as toenable it to be used with books and other arti cles of various'lengths. V i l Another object is to provide a combined so book holder and page marker which' is constructed of a minimuinnumber of parts and which may be economically 'manufactured and rapidly and easily assembled. I p WVith the above and'othe'r objects in-view, my invention consists in the parts, improvements and combinations morejfully pointed out hereinafter;

Referring now to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of one embodi- 40 ment of the invention, the book,'-shown in dotted lines, being illustrated held and sup ported with its pagesflat, L

Figure 2 is a side elevation ofthe form shown in Figure 1, i

Figure 3 is a longitudinal'cross-sectional view of the form shown in Figure 1. a

Figured is a front elevation of anotherf fi i bodiment of the invention, sho wingtheholding member provided with a pair ofsepa rated legs, and,

rr-vice may be used as'a Figure 5 is a-deta'il view of my-preferre'd formof page holder and marker spring; 1 The device of my invention providesan improved andsimplified form of book holder and'page marker. I for holding and supporting books-for other articles of various lengthsandinoludesre leasable means permanently connected' to thedevicefor engaging the top edge ormargin of the pages when the article', for example a 601 book, is in use so as to hold thepages-fiat. The book may thus be held and supported open with its pages held flat and so displayed in shop windows, or may be read without interference with the printed lmatter of'the pages, the. releasable "page holding means permitting the pagesto be. easily turnedjon release ofjthe marker. By means of an angularly adjustable supporting member, the de 7 article is not in use. r f

In the forms of the invention illustrated,

Figures 1 "to 3, inclusive show the device to comprise a holding member 1, having a ver? tically extendingportion'fz, and ahorizontal Y extension 3, the latter beingadapted tosen gage the bottom of the article'to be held. In Figure 4, the holding"member 1,i is shown provided with a pair of'separated 1egsf4,5, each having a horizontal ext'ension 6. "i Means are providedfor supporting'the article w'henin use or on display, the said means being angularlyadj ustable so as to permit the device to be easily carried aboutand so used as a book page marken. As illustrated the holding member 1, I provided at its upper rear face with a strap 7. In'the preferred form this "strap is'prolvided by'punchingout the metal of the hold? ing"me1nber,- leavingacut-OutpOrtionFfin the holdinggmember 1, and 'pi'oviding a rearwardly projecting strap. ,.A supporting.

member "8 is provided, having apair ofsupf portmglegs 9, 10 in fixed relation to jea ch l fallows the bent portion "11 a;

It is provided with means 55 page marker whenthe 70 7 from or against the holding member.

member, are provided enabling the device V for books or'the like comprising a holding member adapted to engage the backor to be -M63JI1S, lI1Cl11Cling a verticallyadjustable to be used with books or other articles of various lengths. r

In the formof the invention illustrated, I

provide a narrow strip 12 whichis secured to the holding member and is adapted to be separately moved vertically With relation thereto. I prefer to secure thevertically adjustable member to the holding member by means of a pair of straps 13,14, which'are stamped out of the faceof the holding memher. Straps 13, 14, frictionally engage the strip.12, so that the strip may: be moved to and heldoin various positions. 4

Means areprovided permanently connected to;.the device for holding the pages 'of the article openjand 'fiat While the articleisin use or-display, the said means being readily releasable; so i asto permitthe pages of the article'to be turned,

i In the preferred form of the invention,

- these means include; a spring member '15 permanently, connectedto the vertically adjustable member. The spring '15,,is provided withfla lip 16, which is adapted to engage the top edge or-margin of the book or article. The spring is extended laterallyso that-it'will'grip both pages ofthebook when the book" is open, at the top margin'th'ereof.

these means the book or other article 7 may be firmly held and supported with its pages open-andflat, and thus used for display purposes or reading, the spring grippingthetop edge or margin of the book-so as [not to interfere with the printed matter. Spring memberl'ti, as shown is readily releasable, as y rs. rroi et ng r p g-71 thebook is held for reading-purposes, the

spring may-:be easily released by, pressing the ear-s17, and the p'age turned; Upon release of theears by the user,the' spring will return to place and hold the pages flat again.

By means of the adjustable supporting member and the firm butlight construction of the device, it may be used as a pagejmarker.

when the article with which itis used is not If the device is u ed withabookand-the A reader has finished, the device may be shifted to engage the side, instead of the back of the] bOOk. The spring 15 may .be left; in placein the book, to indicate the page at which to re sume, the supporting memberrS, may be swungv flat against the back of the holding membe 1. The devicemay thus be carried about with: the bookf-rom place to place and asdesired set up to hold the bookwith its pages'flat at the place where the reader had previously left off. 1

Having thus described the ,invention and its operation, it 'will be understood -that changes may be made in carrying the. invensecuring the vertically adjustable member to the front face of the holding member, and

spring means forreleasably engaging the upper blank edgeof adjacent open pages of a'book'or thelike. r I

- 2. A combined holder andipage marker for books orthe like comprising a holding member adapted. to engage the back orwjt'o be V shifted and engage the cover of. a book, an angularly adjustable supporting member,

said holding member beingprovided with a cut-out portion forming; a strap projecting from the rear face thereof, the upper end of the supporting member being bent and passed thru sai'dstrap, a vertically r and separately" adjustable member carried by the holding tion into effect, without departing fromthe member, and springmeans oarrie'd by -saidmvertically adjustable member forengaging and marking the pagesof a book, said means being adapted' to V engage the l upper blank edge of adjacent open pages of a book or the I like.

- 8. A combined-holder and page marker for bo'okso'r the like comprising aholding'member adapted toengage the back o r ;to be shiftedand engage the cover'of abook, said member having a pair of. fixed, separated legs, each-provided with a horizontal extension adapted to engage thelbottom of a 'book orthe like, an angular'ly adjustable supporting member connected to'the holding member,-said supporting member being-provided with a pairof fixed, separated legs, a vertically and separately adjustablemember carried bythe holding member, and releas-' able spring meanscarried by the, vertically adjustable membensaidmeans-being adapted to engage the upper blankedge of adjacent open pages ofja bookor the like. j

4. A combinedholder and "page marker-for books or the like comprisinga holding member adapted-to engage the backer to be shifted and engage the cover; of a book, said member having a pair offfixed-,-separated legs, 'eachjprovided. with a horizontal exten sion adapted to engage thebottfom of abook or the like an angularly adjustable supporting member connected to the holdin g membber, a vertically and'separately" adjustable member carried by the holding member,and

spring means carried by the vertically ad-,

justablemember and adapted-t0 engagethe 7 upper blank edge of adj acent open pages, o-fa book or the like, and means projecting from 1 said spring for freel releasing theispring. 5. A combined hol er and page marker for books or the like comprising a holding member adapted to engage the back or to be shifted and engage the cover of a book, said member having slon for engaging the bottom of a book or the like, an angularly adjustable supporting member, a strap projecting from the rear face of the holding member and loosely engaging the upper end of the supporting member, a vertically and separately adjustable member, a pair of straps projecting from the front face of the holding member, the Vertically adjustable member being frictionally held i a pair of fixed, separated. legs, each provlded with a horizontal exten 

